ISLAMIC STATE MAIN TALKING POINT FOR MAY, OBAMA AND EUROPEAN LEADERS' MEETING

Theresa May is to hold talks with Barack Obama and European leaders on a range of pressing global issues, including the threat posed by Islamic State (IS) fighters being pushed out of their Middle East strongholds.

Outgoing US president Mr Obama has been on a farewell trip to Europe, visiting Greece before arriving in Berlin for a meeting with the leaders of the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

The talks come against a backdrop of European nervousness about the election of Donald Trump as Mr Obama's successor in the White House following his criticism of Nato and scepticism about climate change.

Labour MPs have warned the country is facing "Brexit austerity" if the Chancellor fails to take significant action to deal with the fall-out from the vote to quit the European Union (EU) in next week's mini-budget.

Senior figures in the party called for major investment in infrastructure outside London, moves towards free universal childcare for families with pre-school children and support for business in the Autumn Statement.

The paper also takes a clear swipe at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party.

Broken leaves in bags of prepared salad may dramatically increase the risk of salmonella, a study has shown.

Juice from damaged leaves can boost growth of the food poisoning bug more than 2,400-fold, scientists discovered.

It also has the effect of increasing the bacteria's virulence, making it more likely to cause an infection.

POLICE ARREST THREE MEN OVER THREE DATA BREACH IN PHONE FRAUD INQUIRY

Three men have been arrested after a data breach at the Three mobile network allowed fraudsters to steal phones.

The company said fraudsters had accessed personal data, including names and addresses, by using authorised logins to its database of customers eligible for an upgraded handset.

The fraudsters are then understood to have used the information to arrange for upgraded phones, believed to include iPhone and Samsung handsets, to be sent to eight customers before intercepting them.

BRITISH DIVER, 60, DIES IN GREAT BARRIER REEF INCIDENT

A British man has died while scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef on Friday, an Australian tourism company has said.

The 60-year-old certified diver from England, who was travelling with his wife, became the third person to die on the reef in as many days.

He was rescued from the bottom of the ocean at Agincourt Reef, near Port Douglas, after he was seen to have had his breathing regulator out of his mouth, the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators said.